Wylie C. Johnson, “The Preacher from the Layman’s Viewpoint” (1954)

While visiting Refiner’s Fire Bookshop in Louisville this summer, the owner, my friend, Ron Sloan, pointed me to a real jewel. It was Wylie C. Johnson’s “Tharp Lecture” at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary entitled “The Preacher From the Layman’s Viewpoint” (Feb. 24, 1954). It was a simple, paperback booklet. I don’t know anything about …

Continue reading ‘Wylie C. Johnson, “The Preacher from the Layman’s Viewpoint” (1954)’ »

Carlyle on Reading

As we enter the weekend here’s a great quote sent to me by Brian Denker. “What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.” –Thomas Carlyle

A. T. Robertson on the Value of Greek for Preachers

Robertson is probably the most prominent New Testament scholar to emerge from Southern Baptist ranks. He was not an ivory tower academician, however. His concern that study be translated into good preaching for the building up of the church is evident throughout his work. In fact on my count, his published works fall primarily into …

Continue reading ‘A. T. Robertson on the Value of Greek for Preachers’ »